industrial overlord

Chapter 425 The Sad Ishikawa

After finishing talking about nostalgia, Akira Ishikawa returned to the topic.He gave Lin Zhenhua a detailed introduction to the situation of Nihong Heavy Industry, including technical level, human resources, customer relations, government relations, etc., and this information is very useful for Lin Zhenhua to take over Nihong Heavy Industry.Lin Zhenhua took a notebook and recorded carefully, and asked a few questions in detail if he didn't understand.

Akira Ishikawa still has some "Fairplay" spirit on this point. Although the company has been acquired by Lin Zhenhua, he does not regard Lin Zhenhua as his enemy, but as his successor, as if he is not a loser. Lost this enterprise, but only to retire when the age is reached.

Yoshio Saji sat aside, quietly listening to Akira Ishikawa's words.Occasionally, when something Akira Ishikawa said involved him, he would bow his head and respond with "Hi", exactly like the image of a little devil in a movie.However, Lin Zhenhua and He Fei still felt a lot of emotion when they saw this situation. It has to be said that the obedience spirit of the Japanese still has its merits.

After Akira Ishikawa finished introducing the situation, he seemed a little relieved, and at the same time seemed a little lost.He pointed to Zuo Zhiyixiong, and said to Lin Zhenhua: "Chairman Lin, Zuo Zhijun is an old employee of our company and has served the company for more than 20 years. If possible, please take care of him."

Lin Zhenhua turned his head to look at Yoshio Zuo Zhi, and then said to Akira Ishikawa: "Chairman Ishikawa, don't worry, I have dealt with Mr. Zuo Zhi many times, and I am impressed by Mr. Zuo Zhi's ability and professionalism." Always appreciated it.”
Speaking of this, he turned to Zuo Zhiyixiong again, and said: "Mr. Zuo Zhi, I hereby extend an invitation to you again. If you don't dislike it, I hope you can still work in the company and take charge of the company's overseas business." open up."

Zuo Zhiyixiong said: "Chairman Lin, thank you very much for your care. However, Mr. Chu and Ms. Shu of your company are both excellent business personnel. I think I should be of little use to your company."

Lin Zhenhua smiled and said: "Mr. Zuo Zhi, Hongyang and Schuman are indeed very good business people, but they also appreciate your ability. You were rivals in the past, and you will be colleagues in the future. Your business experience is also very good. Many are beyond their reach, and I hope you can guide them a lot."

"I am willing to help." Yoshio Zuozhi said with a deep bow.Normally speaking, he probably shouldn't express his allegiance to Lin Zhenhua in front of Ishi Chuanming, but since Ishi Chuanming specially recommended him to Lin Zhenhua, he should naturally show a clear attitude, otherwise, Fu Akira Ishikawa's kindness was accepted.

Akira Ishikawa nodded with a smile, and then recommended to Lin Zhenhua a few people he thought were very good, including Jiro Koizumi.Lin Zhenhua expressed his willingness to accept all the people recommended by Akira Ishikawa, and he believed that Akira Ishikawa would not recommend inappropriate people to him.After Hanhua Heavy Industry takes over Nihong Heavy Industry, it will also maintain several factories in Japan and the most valuable Nihong Research Institute. It is very important to maintain the stability of the management system.With these people recommended by Akira Ishikawa, the whole integration work will be easier.

After explaining all these things, Akira Ishikawa smiled desolately, and said to Lin Zhenhua: "Chairman Lin, to be honest, it's not that I never thought that my Nihon Heavy Industry would go bankrupt, but I never thought that, squeezed It would be a Chinese company that broke my business and bought it."

"Well..." Lin Zhenhua didn't know how to answer.

Shi Chuan waved his hand, indicating that Lin Zhenhua didn't have to force himself to answer, and he continued: "Actually, it's not your Hanhua Heavy Industries that drove me to the road of failure, but our own Japanese company."

"How do you say that?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

Akira Ishikawa: "More than 10 years ago, China just started to modernize. At that time, China was in great need of fertilizers, and Japan was a big country in both fertilizer production and fertilizer equipment production. China imported fertilizers from Japan, and imported fertilizers from Japan. Equipment. We, Nihon Heavy Industries, have built more than a dozen sets of fertilizer equipment for China."

Lin Zhenhua didn't know why Akira Ishikawa mentioned this matter, but he still replied politely: "I know this, and I would like to express my gratitude to Nihong Heavy Industry for its contribution to China's modernization."

Akira Ishikawa shook his head and said: "No, what I want to say is not this. What I want to say is that at that time, many Japanese fertilizer companies protested to us, saying that we provided fertilizer equipment for China so that China could With the production of chemical fertilizers, there is no need to import chemical fertilizers from Japan. There is a chairman of a chemical fertilizer company who is a good friend of mine and even came to my office to have a big fight with me.”

"What kind of logic is this?" Lin Zhenhua said casually, but he knew very well in his heart that the idea of ​​the Japanese fertilizer company was reasonable.Selling chemical fertilizers is teaching a man how to fish, while selling chemical fertilizer equipment is teaching a man how to fish. The effects of the two on China are different.From the interests of Japanese companies, of course, selling fertilizers is more sustainable than selling equipment.

Akira Ishikawa continued: "That's what I said at the time. He couldn't just try to make money by himself, and he wouldn't let me make money. As a result, he left my office angrily and broke up with me from then on. I still have Remember the last sentence he said, he said, you will regret it!"

"What does he mean?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

Ishikawa Ming said: "I didn't understand this sentence at the time, but I understood later."

"What did you understand?"

Akira Ishikawa did not answer this question, but seemed to be talking about another matter: "Later, Chinese companies began to develop and manufacture large chemical fertilizer equipment by themselves. However, the manufacture of large chemical fertilizer equipment required some high-end machine tools and welding machines. These equipment, IMHO, are currently not manufactured by the Chinese."

Lin Zhenhua nodded: "Indeed, but I believe we will be able to manufacture these devices sooner or later."

"Yes, yes, you are very right, I have no doubts about it." Akira Ishikawa laughed out loud, his laugh was so weird that Lin Zhenhua couldn't figure it out for a moment, not knowing what was so ridiculous about what he said .

"Chairman Lin, you understand in your heart that it would be difficult for you to manufacture 40 tons of large fertilizer equipment in a short period of time if a group of machinery companies, including our Japan Xihu Company, had not provided you with high-end manufacturing equipment. And defeated our Nihong Heavy Industry in one fell swoop. I also begged the chairman of Xihu Company to persuade him not to export high-tech equipment to China like the chairman of the fertilizer company. Unfortunately, his attitude Just like my attitude back then, I completely ignored it." Akira Ishikawa said.

Lin Zhenhua began to understand what Akira Ishikawa meant.At that time, Nihong Heavy Industry exported fertilizer equipment to China, enabling China to have the ability to independently produce fertilizers, which led to the bankruptcy of Japanese fertilizer companies.Subsequently, machinery companies such as Xihu Company exported high-end machine tools, welding machines and other equipment to China, enabling the Chinese to produce large fertilizer equipment, which eventually led to the bankruptcy of Nihong Heavy Industry.From Ishikawa Akira's point of view, this is retribution.

"The failure of Nihong Heavy Industry is half due to ourselves, and the other half is due to the fact that Xihu and other companies provided equipment for you regardless of our life and death. You used the equipment produced by our Japanese company to defeat other Japanese companies. "Ishikawa Akira said.

Lin Zhenhua pondered for a while, and said: "I don't deny this. However, Mr. Ishikawa, I can also tell you that the entire Western world, including Japan, is still blocking China's high-tech equipment. I believe , even with such a blockade, China can also rise, of course, maybe it will take a little longer."

"I can't see things so far away." Akira Ishikawa shook his head and said, "I only know that our Nihong Heavy Industry has failed, and Japan's fertilizer equipment industry has been bitten by a gap. It eats up from the bottom, first it ate up our fertilizer industry, and now it ate up our fertilizer equipment manufacturing industry. Maybe your next target is Xihu Company itself?"

Lin Zhenhua shrugged, noncommittal.However, his attitude has already shown his heart, that is, he has indeed regarded industrial equipment manufacturing companies such as Xihu Company as his goal, but it is not yet time for him to say this.

A ray of schadenfreude appeared on Akira Ishikawa's face, and he said: "I really hope I can have the opportunity to see the scene where the chairman of Xihu Company handed over power to you. I believe that this time will not be too far away .”

Lin Zhenhua smiled helplessly, he really had nothing to say to Akira Ishikawa.When explaining to Lin Zhenhua about the various affairs of Nihong Heavy Industry, Akira Ishikawa was like a generous old man, and he did not regard Lin Zhenhua as an enemy at all.But when talking about Xihu Company, Akira Ishikawa seemed to be a different person, with a gloomy expression all over his face, which seemed to mean that he would have to drag a few people to back him up if he went to hell.In his heart, Lin Zhenhua is not his enemy, but Xihu Company, which provides equipment for the Chinese, is his real enemy.

Lin Zhenhua didn't want to discuss this issue any further, so he stood up and said to Ishi Chuanming: "Chairman Shi Chuan, I'm here today to communicate with you, if you have nothing else to do, then I'll leave first gone."

Shi Chuanming smiled to show that he understood Lin Zhenhua's thoughts.He also stood up and said to Lin Zhenhua: "Well, we have talked a lot today, I hope what I have said to you can be helpful to you. Finally, I have one more thing..."

Speaking of this, he straightened his clothes, bowed solemnly to Lin Zhenhua, and said: "Chairman Lin, Nihong Heavy Industry is the painstaking effort of my father and son for two generations. Today, although it no longer belongs to our Ishikawa family, But I hope it remains brilliant in the future. So please!"

Lin Zhenhua quickly returned a salute to Akira Ishikawa. No matter what kind of dislike or hostility he had towards the Japanese in his nature, he still had some basic humility towards an old man in his 60s.What's more, after listening to Akira Ishikawa's history of entrepreneurship, he has more respect for this old man. Leaving aside their respective ethnicities, Akira Ishikawa was a worker and an industrial senior after all.

"Don't worry, Mr. Ishikawa, I will bring Nihong Heavy Industry back to life." Lin Zhenhua promised.

Ishikawa Ming said: "The matter I want to hand over to you has already been handed over. From now on, this office and this company belong to you, and you can start to take over the work at any time. However, if you allow, I would like to Take up 10 minutes of this office and do some of your own business, okay?"

"Of course." Lin Zhenhua said, "Mr. Shi Chuan, if you still have some things to do, you can use this office until you want to go home to recuperate. As for me, I can work in other places first."

"No, it only takes 10 minutes." Ishikawa Akira said.

Lin Zhenhua took He Fei out of Akira Ishikawa's office, and Yoshio Zuozhi followed. The three stood outside the door, looking at each other.

"How about, Mr. Zuo Zhi, you can wait here for Mr. Shi Chuan. He Fei and I went downstairs first. After Mr. Shi Chuan leaves, I will come to take over the office." Lin Zhenhua said to Zuo Zhiyixiong.

Yoshio Zuozhi said: "No need, Chairman Lin, you'd better wait a moment. Chairman... I'm sorry, I'm talking about Mr. Ishikawa, who has always been very punctual. He said it would take 10 minutes, it must be just Take 10 minutes."

"Maybe he is packing his personal belongings?" He Fei guessed.

"No, Mr. Ishikawa took away all his personal belongings two days ago." Saji Yoshio said.

"Then what is he doing?" He Fei asked back.

Yoshio Zuozhi shook his head and fell silent. Akira Ishikawa was his former boss, so he didn't want to talk about the boss's right and wrong.Lin Zhenhua is his new boss, and he doesn't want to show that he is a talkative person in front of the new boss.

Seeing that Yoshio Zuo Zhixiong stopped talking, He Fei felt a little bored, so he turned around and said to Lin Zhenhua without words: "Mr. Lin, why do I feel that Ishi Chuanming's words just now seem to be pleading for Gu? wrong."

"Really? Nihong Heavy Industry can be regarded as Mr. Ishikawa's child. You can say that he is Tuogu, which makes sense..." Lin Zhenhua replied casually. He was about to say something, when suddenly a thought flashed in his mind, and he couldn't help but exclaim With a loud voice: "Not good!"

Zuo Zhiyixiong also came to his senses at this moment, he didn't care about the superiority and inferiority, turned around and pushed open the door of the chairman's office with Lin Zhenhua, and rushed in.

Everything is too late.

The office was empty, and Akira Ishikawa could no longer be seen.The high wind blows in from the open floor-to-ceiling windows, making the curtains rattle, as if singing a sad elegy for the former owner of Nihon Heavy Industry.

(End of this chapter)